You heard strange intelligence about Uighurs here (6)

I believe the answer is:

urumqi

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'uighurs here' is the definition.
I don't know anything about this answer so I cannot judge whether it can be defined by this definition.

'you heard strange intelligence about' is the wordplay.
'heard' shows a homophone (sound like).
'strange' becomes 'rum' (similar in meaning).
'intelligence' becomes 'iq' (short for intelligence quotient).
'about' is a reversal indicator.
'you' sounds like 'u'.
'iq' backwards is 'qi'.
'u'+'rum'+'qi'='URUMQI'

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(Another definition for urumqi that I've seen is " Xinjiang city".)

I've seen this clue in The Independent.

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